Blackletter Kope 15 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, album covers, branding, packaging, gothic, medieval, dramatic, ceremonial, severe, historical flavor, dramatic display, formal tone, ornate texture, brand impact, angular, faceted, spiky, calligraphic, vertical.
A blackletter display face built from tall, compressed forms with strongly vertical rhythm and crisp, faceted geometry. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation with sharp joins, pointed terminals, and broken-pen style angles that create a chiseled, architectural texture. Counters are tight and often partially enclosed, while capitals are narrow and ornate with distinctive notches and cut-ins that emphasize the dark, columnar color on the page. Numerals and lowercase follow the same angular construction, keeping spacing compact and the overall pattern dense and consistent.
Best suited to short display settings where texture and atmosphere are the goal—mastheads, event posters, album artwork, brewery or spirits branding, and packaging. It can also work for chapter heads, pull quotes, and title treatments where a historic or ceremonial voice is desired.
The tone is formal and historical, evoking manuscript lettering, heraldic signage, and old-world ceremony. Its spiky silhouettes and dense texture read as intense and authoritative, with a dramatic, gothic mood that feels traditional rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver an authentic blackletter texture with a narrow, vertical cadence and dramatic contrast, prioritizing atmosphere and tradition over neutral readability. Its consistent broken-stroke construction suggests a focus on producing a strong, iconic word shape for headlines and identity applications.
The face produces a strong, dark typographic color and a tightly interlocking rhythm, especially in lowercase runs. Diacritics and punctuation in the sample maintain the same sharp, calligraphic logic, reinforcing a cohesive, crafted look across text.